System and method for improving the remote control of hardware

A system for establishing a short-range wireless connection between a hardware component and a computing device such that a user's waiting time for using the computing device to send commands to the hardware component to control the computing device is reduced, comprising:

• a background process stored in non-transitory memory of said computing device, that, upon execution by a processor of said computing device, causes said processor of said computing device to:
• upon receiving an identity sequence generated by said hardware component, generate a connection sequence for establishing a short-range wireless connection with said hardware component, said connection sequence for transmission to said hardware component via a short-range wireless transmitter of said computing device;
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• an application program stored in said non-transitory memory of said computing device, that, upon execution by said processor of said computing device, causes said processor to allow a user to remotely control said hardware component using an application interface of said application program.

A system for establishing a short-range wireless connection between a remote, for controlling a remote vehicle starting unit installed in a vehicle, and a computing device comprising a background process for causing the establishment of a short-range wireless connection with said remote, such that a user's waiting time for using the computing device to send commands to the remote is reduced, comprising:

• a remote for actuating said remote vehicle starting unit comprising:
• memory;
• a processor;
• a first short-range wireless transmitter;
• a first short-range wireless receiver;
• a second wireless transmitter;
• and
• program code stored in said memory of said remote that, when executed by said processor of said remote, causes said processor to generate periodically an identity sequence of said remote that is broadcast by said first short-range wireless transmitter;
• an antenna, for installation in said vehicle, adapted to be paired with said second wireless transmitter of said remote;
• a background process stored in memory of said computing device, that, upon execution by a processor of said computing device, causes said processor of said computing device to:
• upon receiving an identity sequence generated by said remote, generate a connection sequence for establishing a short-range wireless connection with said remote, said connection sequence for transmission to said remote via a short-range wireless transmitter of said computing device;
• and
• an application program comprising instructions stored in memory of the computing device and, when executed by the processor of the computing device:
• allows a user to remotely start said vehicle via said remote vehicle starting unit using an application interface of said application program;
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• causes said computing device to listen for said identity sequence generated by said remote and received by said short-range wireless receiver of said computing device, said identity sequence transmitted to said background process.